as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Recent Examples of longshoreman
The Anderson Economic Group calculated a one-week strike would cost longshoreman and the United States Maritime Alliance $2.1 billion.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the Los Angeles port went without work over the last two weeks.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the port went without work over the past two weeks, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, told The Los Angeles Times in a Saturday report.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
What To Know Calkins told CNN that the current situation would impact the job security of longshoremen and those dealing directly with the freight, as well as industries responsible for transporting imports nationwide.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the Los Angeles port went without work over the last two weeks.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the port went without work over the past two weeks, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, told The Los Angeles Times in a Saturday report.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
What To Know Calkins told CNN that the current situation would impact the job security of longshoremen and those dealing directly with the freight, as well as industries responsible for transporting imports nationwide.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longshoreman
Noun
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The jobs reflected in the survey include dockworkers, stevedores, truck drivers, financing and administrative positions.—
Tom Hudson,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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His father was a stevedore and his mother an autodidact who aspired to something better than the prefab house where her family lived.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 July 2025
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But the agreement effectively kicked the can on other vital issues for dockworkers, especially related to job security.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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